Improving Availability on Multilayer Switched Networks

Overview/Description
To identify considerations for installing and troubleshooting redundant modules and to configure and troubleshoot router redundancy in order to provide high availability in multilayer switched networks

Target Audience
Network engineers responsible for configuring, implementing, troubleshooting, and managing a multilayer switched network in an enterprise or service provider environment; network architects responsible for designing multilayer switched networks to carry voice, video, and data traffic in an enterprise or service provider environment; CCNP, CCDP, and CCIP candidates. CCIE routing and switching candidates

Prerequisites
Knowledge of basic router configuration, basic switch configuration, basic virtual local area network (VLAN) configuration, basic Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) configuration, basic trunking configuration, and standard access list configuration

Expected Duration
160 Minutes

Objectives:

Improving Availability on Multilayer Switched Networks

  • identify the advantages and disadvantages of introducing redundancy in a multilayer switched network.
  • identify the advantages of implementing redundancy and show how to configure redundancy on Catalyst switches for redundant supervisor modules, supervisor uplink modules, and redundant power supplies.
  • identify the implications of implementing different forms of high availability on a network and for Cisco Catalysts, outline how to implement hardware redundancy, and identify the advantages of provisioning module redundancy for each module.
  • recognize how router redundancy and HSRP operate, and identify the different HSRP states.
  • configure HSRP features on Cisco devices, verify HSRP configuration, and debug HSRP state changes.
  • recognize features of VRRP and GLBP and how they operate.
  • configure and verify Single Router Mode (SRM) redundancy and IOS server load balancing on Catalyst switches.
  • configure, test, and troubleshoot Hot Standby Routing Protocol on Cisco devices.


    • Course Number: 119270_eng